How big Windows folder is?

[Guest Jack]

Hello,

I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

scratch.

With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over 4.2

GB

Is that normal?

Why is it so big?

Jack

[Guest PD43]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:

>Hello,

> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

>scratch.

>With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over 4.2

>GB

>Is that normal?

 

Yes.

>Why is it so big?

 

Why are elephants grey?

[Guest DL]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

Sounds about right, if you check add/remove - windows components - there

maybe some items you dont require.

Its large because thats the nature of the beast

 

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

news:ON4pCm%23sIHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Hello,

> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

> scratch.

> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over

> 4.2 GB

> Is that normal?

> Why is it so big?

> Jack

>

[Guest Milt]

RE: How big Windows folder is?

 

Jack,

 

My Windows XP Home/SP3 is 5.48 Gig.

 

Remember, bigger is always better. And you can't have enough "more"?

 

Milt

 

"Jack" wrote:

> Hello,

> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

> scratch.

> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over 4.2

> GB

> Is that normal?

> Why is it so big?

> Jack

>

>

>

[Guest Anthony Buckland]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

 

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

news:ON4pCm%23sIHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Hello,

> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

> scratch.

> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over

> 4.2 GB

> Is that normal?

> Why is it so big?

> Jack

 

Media Center edition, 6.39 GB, 38020 files, 2819 folders,

a few days after installing SP3, nothing else added.

I'd look on 4.2GB as a remarkable reduction :)

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

Jack wrote:

> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from

> the scratch.

> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is

> over 4.2 GB

> Is that normal?

> Why is it so big?

 

Depends on what you have going on - what you installed originally, etc.

 

I currently have a Virtual Box machine with the following installed:

 

- Windows XP Professional w/SP3

- 7-Zip 4.57

- Adobe Flash Player ActiveX

- Adobe Flash Player Plugin

- Adobe Shockwave Player 11

- Alt-Tab Task Switcher Powertoy for Windows XP

- AVG Free 8.0

- CmdHere Powertoy For Windows XP

- Foxit Reader

- ImgBurn

- Java 6 Update 6

- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1

- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

- Microsoft Compression Client Pack 1.0 for Windows XP

- Microsoft Silverlight

- Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable

- Mozilla Firefox (2.0.0.14)

- Mozilla Thunderbird (2.0.0.12)

- OpenOffice.org 2.4

- Paint.NET v3.30

- PDFCreator

- QuickTime

- Real Alternative 1.8.0

- Shockwave Director 11.0

- Tweak UI

- Windows Internet Explorer 7

- Windows Media Player 11

 

It takes up a total of 3.95 GB (4,250,427,392 bytes) of space - including

everything you see.

 

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[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:34:55 -0400, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:

> Hello,

> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

> scratch.

> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over 4.2

> GB

> Is that normal?

> Why is it so big?

 

 

Everybody's system is different, and there is no "normal,"

 

But yes, that's well within the typical range of sizes.

 

Considering that you can buy a 160GB drive for under $50 US these

days, what you call "so big" is about $1.25 worth of disk space. Not

much at all.

 

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[Guest Jim]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

 

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

news:ON4pCm%23sIHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Hello,

> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

> scratch.

> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over

> 4.2 GB

> Is that normal?

> Why is it so big?

> Jack

>

It takes a lot of code to get a windowing operating system to function.

Jim

[Guest Adela]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

Hello and pardon mty butting in but...if I may ask 2 small questions:

 

1. How can I measure my WinXP home ed.?

2. What's "SP3"? Is itpart of Windows Security patches much like the

"SP2"?

 

Thanks so much! Adela (a nubie)

 

"Anthony Buckland" <anthonybucklandnospam@telus.net> wrote in message

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>

> "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

> news:ON4pCm%23sIHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Hello,

>> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

>> scratch.

>> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over

>> 4.2 GB

>> Is that normal?

>> Why is it so big?

>> Jack

>

> Media Center edition, 6.39 GB, 38020 files, 2819 folders,

> a few days after installing SP3, nothing else added.

> I'd look on 4.2GB as a remarkable reduction :)

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

If you mean how big is your Windows folder, then open My Computer,

doubleclick on C: and find the Windows folder. Right click on the Windows

folder and choose Properties. It may take a while for the final number to

show since it calculates on the fly but don't be surprised if it 2 to 4GB.

 

SP3 stands for service pack three. It is a general upgrade for XP and

unless you know of some reason not to upgrade to SP3 you should go ahead and

do so in the near future. There is no hurry and there will be many replies

to your post, some saying it is the worst thing on earth and others saying

it is the greatest thing since sliced bread and everything in between.

 

SP3 is available now by going to Windows Updates and checking for new

updates. It will not be an automatic update for another three months or so.

Like I said, there is no hurry. One way to learn about it is to begin

following SP3 subjects in this newsgroup.

 

No matter what you do about SP3, you should read the Release Notes to see

what it is all about and what it can do and not do for you. You can

download the release notes at

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=60807C3A-8969-4DDF-BEB2-8BFAC9ED416B&displaylang=en

 

If you upgrade now and have a problem you can get free Microsoft support for

SP3 at

https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

 

 

 

"Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

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> Hello and pardon mty butting in but...if I may ask 2 small questions:

>

> 1. How can I measure my WinXP home ed.?

> 2. What's "SP3"? Is itpart of Windows Security patches much like the

> "SP2"?

>

> Thanks so much! Adela (a nubie)

>

> "Anthony Buckland" <anthonybucklandnospam@telus.net> wrote in message

> news:eNxVw2EtIHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>

>> "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

>> news:ON4pCm%23sIHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Hello,

>>> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

>>> scratch.

>>> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over

>>> 4.2 GB

>>> Is that normal?

>>> Why is it so big?

>>> Jack

>>

>> Media Center edition, 6.39 GB, 38020 files, 2819 folders,

>> a few days after installing SP3, nothing else added.

>> I'd look on 4.2GB as a remarkable reduction :)

>>

>

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

I have to smile a little at this thread because I am sitting here looking at

a Windows folder on my Vista Ultimate x64 system that would almost not fit

on a 20GB drive. 18.7GB containing 76,920 files in 16,799 subfolders.

 

That is part of the sticker shock some folks get when considering migrating

to Vista. Doesn't faze me but I can see why some react as though it were a

bad thing.

 

It does put the size of my Windows folder (6.3GB) on my XP Pro SP3 system

into perspective, though.

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

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> On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:34:55 -0400, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:

>

>> Hello,

>> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

>> scratch.

>> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over

>> 4.2

>> GB

>> Is that normal?

>> Why is it so big?

>

>

> Everybody's system is different, and there is no "normal,"

>

> But yes, that's well within the typical range of sizes.

>

> Considering that you can buy a 160GB drive for under $50 US these

> days, what you call "so big" is about $1.25 worth of disk space. Not

> much at all.

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

On Mon, 12 May 2008 17:03:00 -0400, "Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com>

wrote:

> Hello and pardon mty butting in but...if I may ask 2 small questions:

>

> 1. How can I measure my WinXP home ed.?

 

 

 

Sorry, I don't understand that question. What does "measure my WinXP

home ed." mean? Exactly what about it do you want to measure, and most

important, *why* do you want to measure it? What are you trying to

accomplish here?

 

> 2. What's "SP3"? Is itpart of Windows Security patches much like the

> "SP2"?\

 

 

Not exactly. "SP3" is short for "Service Pack 3." Like SP2 (Service

Pack 2) before it, it's largely a rollup of previously-issued fixes

(many of which, but not all, are security-oriented), but also includes

a number of new fixes and changes.

 

For the future, let me make two recommendations:

 

1. Please ask your questions by starting a new thread, not by replying

to an existing one as you did here.

 

2. Questions that are unrelated to each other, as your two questions

are, should be asked in separate messages, not mixed together.

 

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[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:29:14 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"

<c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

> I have to smile a little at this thread because I am sitting here looking at

> a Windows folder on my Vista Ultimate x64 system that would almost not fit

> on a 20GB drive. 18.7GB containing 76,920 files in 16,799 subfolders.

 

 

 

That's about 1/8 of a 160GB drive. Putting it into dollars (using my

example below), that's a little over $6.

 

 

> That is part of the sticker shock

 

 

If people would calculate sticker shock in dollars instead of billions

of bytes, they'd realize how trivial all this is.

 

By the way, my Windows folder on my Vista machine, is 27GB. That's

about $8.50 worth. Still nothing to get excited about.

 

 

> some folks get when considering migrating

> to Vista. Doesn't faze me but I can see why some react as though it were a

> bad thing.

>

> It does put the size of my Windows folder (6.3GB) on my XP Pro SP3 system

> into perspective, though.

>

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

> news:i52h24h3luedd3deb2d7o3barjpvnplt3o@4ax.com...

> > On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:34:55 -0400, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:

> >

> >> Hello,

> >> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the

> >> scratch.

> >> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is over

> >> 4.2

> >> GB

> >> Is that normal?

> >> Why is it so big?

> >

> >

> > Everybody's system is different, and there is no "normal,"

> >

> > But yes, that's well within the typical range of sizes.

> >

> > Considering that you can buy a 160GB drive for under $50 US these

> > days, what you call "so big" is about $1.25 worth of disk space. Not

> > much at all.

> >

> > --

> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

 

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[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

The folder is on a 500GB drive so by the economy of scale I am probably a

dollar to the good. :)

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

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> On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:29:14 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"

> <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

>

>> I have to smile a little at this thread because I am sitting here looking

>> at

>> a Windows folder on my Vista Ultimate x64 system that would almost not

>> fit

>> on a 20GB drive. 18.7GB containing 76,920 files in 16,799 subfolders.

>

>

>

> That's about 1/8 of a 160GB drive. Putting it into dollars (using my

> example below), that's a little over $6.

>

>

>

>> That is part of the sticker shock

>

>

> If people would calculate sticker shock in dollars instead of billions

> of bytes, they'd realize how trivial all this is.

>

> By the way, my Windows folder on my Vista machine, is 27GB. That's

> about $8.50 worth. Still nothing to get excited about.

>

>

>

>> some folks get when considering migrating

>> to Vista. Doesn't faze me but I can see why some react as though it were

>> a

>> bad thing.

>>

>> It does put the size of my Windows folder (6.3GB) on my XP Pro SP3 system

>> into perspective, though.

>>

>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

>> news:i52h24h3luedd3deb2d7o3barjpvnplt3o@4ax.com...

>> > On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:34:55 -0400, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:

>> >

>> >> Hello,

>> >> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from

>> >> the

>> >> scratch.

>> >> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is

>> >> over

>> >> 4.2

>> >> GB

>> >> Is that normal?

>> >> Why is it so big?

>> >

>> >

>> > Everybody's system is different, and there is no "normal,"

>> >

>> > But yes, that's well within the typical range of sizes.

>> >

>> > Considering that you can buy a 160GB drive for under $50 US these

>> > days, what you call "so big" is about $1.25 worth of disk space. Not

>> > much at all.

>> >

>> > --

>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

>> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>

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[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: How big Windows folder is?

 

On Mon, 12 May 2008 19:05:11 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"

<c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

> The folder is on a 500GB drive so by the economy of scale I am probably a

> dollar to the good. :)

 

 

LOL!

 

Yep, the bigger the drive, typically the lower the per gigabyte cost.

 

 

 

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

> news:1rkh24h4r7j5mu3ruptn3ttls12e8nl1jc@4ax.com...

> > On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:29:14 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"

> > <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

> >

> >> I have to smile a little at this thread because I am sitting here looking

> >> at

> >> a Windows folder on my Vista Ultimate x64 system that would almost not

> >> fit

> >> on a 20GB drive. 18.7GB containing 76,920 files in 16,799 subfolders.

> >

> >

> >

> > That's about 1/8 of a 160GB drive. Putting it into dollars (using my

> > example below), that's a little over $6.

> >

> >

> >

> >> That is part of the sticker shock

> >

> >

> > If people would calculate sticker shock in dollars instead of billions

> > of bytes, they'd realize how trivial all this is.

> >

> > By the way, my Windows folder on my Vista machine, is 27GB. That's

> > about $8.50 worth. Still nothing to get excited about.

> >

> >

> >

> >> some folks get when considering migrating

> >> to Vista. Doesn't faze me but I can see why some react as though it were

> >> a

> >> bad thing.

> >>

> >> It does put the size of my Windows folder (6.3GB) on my XP Pro SP3 system

> >> into perspective, though.

> >>

> >> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

> >> news:i52h24h3luedd3deb2d7o3barjpvnplt3o@4ax.com...

> >> > On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:34:55 -0400, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:

> >> >

> >> >> Hello,

> >> >> I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from

> >> >> the

> >> >> scratch.

> >> >> With all the updates including SP3 the size of \Windows folder is

> >> >> over

> >> >> 4.2

> >> >> GB

> >> >> Is that normal?

> >> >> Why is it so big?

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > Everybody's system is different, and there is no "normal,"

> >> >

> >> > But yes, that's well within the typical range of sizes.

> >> >

> >> > Considering that you can buy a 160GB drive for under $50 US these

> >> > days, what you call "so big" is about $1.25 worth of disk space. Not

> >> > much at all.

> >> >

> >> > --

> >> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> >> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

> >

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